Canadian inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment to Asia

this section identifies Asia countries with whom Canada has foreign investments

data extracted from the Asia Pacific Foundation


Canadian Outward Foreign Direct Investment to Asia
(C$ millions)
2015 2014 2013 2000 1990 1980
Australia 24,836 21,272 19,627 3,104 2,401 694
China 12,410 8,118 6,050 565 6 -
Hong Kong, SAR 7,302 5,257 4,404 3,739 670 39
India 934 682 1,015 129 94 61
Indonesia 4,127 3,905 3,753 2,412 934 590
Japan 8,327 6,888 6,122 5,613 917 109
Malaysia 666 557 588 505 81 19
New Zealand 1,117 532 619 607 180 69
Papua New Guinea 42 375 344 270 - -
Philippines 1,427 1,123 1,074 394 36 -
Singapore 3,692 3,318 2,892 3,174 1,837 8
South Korea 1,288 420 524 760 24 -
Sri Lanka - - - - - -
Taiwan 115 98 90 331 161 16
Thailand 233 205 211 984 29 -
Vietnam -127 -110 -67 - - -
Total 66,389 52,640 47,246 22,587 7,370 1,605

Canadian Inward Foreign Direct Investment from Asia
(C$ millions)
2015 2014 2013 2000 1990 1980
Australia 8,338 5,933 5,173 1,711 758 74
China 20,581 20,744 13,742 192 - -
Hong Kong, SAR 16,355 15,895 13,966 3,374 1,374 51
India 3,100 3,317 3,244 - - -
Japan 22,000 21,093 19,519 8,041 5,222 605
Malaysia 10 5 -10 118 - -
New Zealand 49 49 46 101 - -
Philippines 48 48 51 2 - -
Singapore 953 920 792 146 88 -
South Korea 3,224 3,477 4,127 232 312 -
Taiwan 108 106 29 97 19 -
Thailand 7 7 6 1 - -
Total 74,773 71,594 60,685 14,015 7,773 730

Last Modified Date: 04/06/2017